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A Mr. August Busch from St. Louis Missouri asks...
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"Dear Mr. Knowitall, I came home from work last night hot, tired, thirsty, all I wanted was an ice cold beer. You know what? My wife was dumping my last brewski over her head!! I nearly passed out from screaming. I asked her WTF she was doing, and she said that she was adding 'Bounce' to her hair... Fucking Bounce? I almost bounced her down the steps! Mr. Knowitall, can this be true? And if it is, are there even other uses for beer other than swilling? Can you help me please?"
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Dear Auggie, Of course I can!!
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*Beer is slightly acidic, making it useful for cleaning copper pots. Dump a warm beer into the pot, let it sit for a few minutes, then wipe clean.
*Beer kills pesky garden slugs! Fill some wide-mouthed jars a third of the way full with beer. Bury them about 15-20 feet from your garden with the rims level with the soil. Slugs LOVE
beer! They will smell it, try to drink it, then fall into the jars and drown.
*This one is of particular interest to me...Fill a foot bath with Ice-Cold Bubbly beer! It will sooth your tired feet.
*Spray beer on the brown patches in your lawn. The grass will absorb the fermented sugars which stimulates growth!
*Flat beer cleans wooden furniture. Dump some on a soft cloth, clean the furniture, then wipe dry. You will be very impressed.
*You can also pour some beer on a clean cloth, and wipe your gold jewelry. It will make it even shinier.
*If you have any coffee stains on your carpet, pour it directly on the stain, then rub it into the fibers until it comes clean.
*If drinking too much beer has got you lost, it can also show you the way to go home. Put some beer in a bowl until it goes flat, then magnetize a needle by rubbing it vigorously against some silk, lay it gently on it's side in the bowl of flat beer, and it will point North/South.
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Good question Auggie...Thanks.
But all this talk of beer has made Mr. Knowitall grow weary.
I bid you adieu....
10 comments:
Haha! Flat beer? Never heard of such a thing! Kind of like "left over beer", actually. I liken both to mythical creatures such as the Yeti or Loch Ness Monster.
Cheers!
-C
who knew beer could be so useful...
Wow, who knew beer had so many useful purposes? It's a good thing, too, because I don't much like it for drinking.:)
I'm surprised Mr. Busch didn't already know those fun facts. (Maybe he forgot?)
I've been brewing my own beer lately - nothing major, just a Mr. Beer kit. It's kinda fun, and the beer's not bad - not great yet, but I'm still learning.
But it takes too darned long (2 weeks minimum) and you have to keep the process going to keep your fridge stocked.
I had a great German beer with my meal in Frankenmuth on Saturday - there's a pic on my new photo blog.
Mmmm..... beer.
Most of that seems like a waste of beer, but I also thing the guy's wife needs to find a husband who is a bit less volatile.
I cook with it, and I drink it..anything else should be outlawed!
I cook with beer in two ways:
It goes into recipes, like my my Venison, Morel Mushroom and Beer Chili. (Gotta write that recipe down some day)
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When grilling outside, I drink a beer to help me 'time' my steaks or whatever I'm cooking. (Sip... sip... sip... flip...)
Since there is NO beer in our house for some 24+ years now, I guess I'll have to pass on all these fabulous ideas.
If there were beer here, I would use your suggestion for the brown patches on the lawn. Since that won't be happening, I'll have to hope the summer afternoon rains bring the green back.
PG
Well, you just filled my hopper with useful information...here's to ya! ;)
since i don't like drinking it i could use it for ANY of those other uses.
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